New albums can often symbolise rebirth for bands, especially if they end up taking their sound in another direction. There’s always a risk of upsetting pre-existing fans and becoming yet another one-album-wonder band. Alt rockers Beware Of Darkness have definitely altered their sound for their new album ‘Are You Real?’, but in a more subtle way than you would think. Instead of abandoning their hard rock roots, they’ve opted for something slightly lighter, yet still hard-hitting and loud.

With one of the biggest music festivals of the UK drawing ever closer, Reading/Leeds Festival have just confirmed yet another batch of acts who will be performing at this year’s festival weekend, including Don Broco, Itch, Deaf Havana, Palm Reader and more. All of the latest additions to the line-up are detailed below:

One of the latest hard rock bands to rise up is the Santa Barbera, California trio, Beware Of Darkness. In their short time together so far, the band has opened for acts such as The Wombats, Tegan & Sara, Stone Temple Pilots, Deftones and have also had the chance to play at Rockstar’s Uproar Tour, headlined by Alice In Chains and Jane’s Addiction. Their full-length debut record, ‘Orthodox’, will fully explain why such powerhouse bands have taken them on tour.